Monday, May 21, 2012

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Wet Lounge -- IDENITY CRISIS

First off, a big thanks to the
dude who stuck this flyer in my door today royally pissing off my
dog….there's a special place in hell for you.

But,
be that as it may, the Wet Lounge holds a certain place in the heart of
HitThatDive because it was the first place to ever be reviewed by our
site. Read-It-Here.

As
the piece of paper that was stuck in my door states, among many other
things, West Omaha’s Wet Lounge is a place to “Slip away from the normal
and come treat yourself to a relaxing cocktail at Wet Lounge”. They even follow good marketing practices by adding their website, www.wetomaha.com (yuck) at the bottom of their a-little-too-wordy literature.

So,
I check out the website and here’s what it says… “West Omaha's best
Nightspot with bass thumping this club gets jumping. Dress to impress,
the nightlife is live. Great sound and lighing (sic) system plus tons of
seating even for large groups.Top 40 straigh (sic) and remixed along
with hip hop and upbeat dance tracks will have you dancing the night
away.” That is relaxing how??

That
has ALWAYS been my beef with this place…are you relaxing lounge or are
you an annoying club? Pick one and stick with it! Please. For those
that want a relaxing lounge…we don’t want the “bass thumping”. And we
NEVER “dress to impress”. And for those like a place where the “club
gets jumping”, I don’t think they want a “comfortable and welcoming
lounge…” where they can play “Jenga” and “ping pong”.

Please,
pick a target audience and stick with it. When I walk into Hooter’s I
don’t want to flip a coin to determine if the chicks are going to be in
tacky orange shorts or if they are going to be wearing Laura Ashley
tweed skirts. So, why do I have to do that with the persona of your
bar? Mind you, this is all advice of the take-it-or-leave-it variety.